Shahartoli came to discussion after releasing a song on Felani tragedy that made the people protest against such barbaric border killings by Border Security Force of India. In fact, most of the songs of its debut album, Borabor, released by the band in 2011 were social message oriented. The band, which has also
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The short-lived genius of timeless classics
Sukumar Ray’s 116th birth anniversary Born at a time that was the pinnacle of the Bengal Renaissance, Sukumar Ray grew up in an environment that fostered his literary talents. His father, Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury, was a talented writer of stories and popular science; painter and illustrator extraordinaire; musician and composer of songs; a pioneering technologist ... Read more
Samina’s new solo album hits the stores
After a long hiatus, popular singer Samina Chowdhury’s solo album titled “Cholo Banchi” has been released. The album, featuring a total of 10 songs was unveiled at a function in a city hotel with AKM Arifur Rahman, chairman of Laser Vision, in the chair last week. Among others, lyricists Md Rafiquzzaman, Kabir Bakul, music director Ahmed ... Read more
Delicate prints depict various issues
Sixteen artists deal with various issues in their delicate wood engraving works known as xylography in a group exhibition on display at the Gallery Cosmos 2 in Mohakhali. The 10-day exhibition features 44 wood engraving prints done by the participants of a printmaking workshop conducted by artist professor Amirul Momanin Chowdhury organised by the gallery ... Read more
Rubel busy in serials
Ahmed Rubel, who has achieved popularity through playing diverse characters both in films and teleplays, is nowadays busy acting in drama serials on small screen. Rubel told New Age in an interview that he was acting in Jewel Mahmud’s family drama serial Badhu Keno Mon Bojhonona as well as in Golam Muktadir Shan’s serial Lota Kombol. ... Read more
Two poets receive Jibanananda award
Two poets were awarded with Jibanananda Purushkar 2013 in a commemorative programme organised marking the 59th death anniversary of Jibanananda Das on Friday in Barisal, the birth place of the poet. Renowned poet Asad Chowdhury, who is also from Barisal, handed over the prizes to the late poet Khondakar Ashraf Hossain and Shantanu Kaisar for ... Read more
Stallone’s artwork on show in Russia
A collection of paintings by Hollywood action star Sylvester Stallone have gone on show at The Russian Museum in St Petersburg, reports BBC online. The exhibition, titled: Sylvester Stallone. Art. 1975-2013, is a selection of works produced by the 67-year-old over the past four decades. At the show’s opening the star said, if he had ... Read more
Artists satirise current political turmoil
Urban Youth Fest Artists satirise current political turmoil Young artists criticised the current political crisis through their work in a group exhibition Goethe-Institut at Dhanmondi organised as part the institute’s month-long urban youth celebrations programme beginning on Thursday. Some of these artworks also satirize the apathetic nature of the urban youth. The exhibition also portrays ... Read more
Nipun plays quisling character
Popular Dhallywood actor Nipun will play the role of quisling in a film based on the war of independence titled Ekkaturer Ma Janoni. From the shooting location of the Shah Alam Kiran’s film on the outskirts of Dhaka the actor said: ‘it’s a dream come true offer for me.’ ‘When I was approached, I instantly accepted ... Read more
Manna Dey’s last compositions to be released
Manna Dey is no more but his last compositions – dedicated to the memory of his wife Sulochana – will be released soon, reports gulfnews.com. The priceless music tracks composed by the singer, who died on Thursday in Bangalore, will be out soon. Dey was 94. Despite his failing health, he had completed recording the ... Read more
Centenary celebrations of Gitanjali held at IUB
The English department of Independent University, Bangladesh organised a day-long programme celebrating 100th anniversary of Tagore’s winning of Nobel Prize in 1913 as the first non-European for his Gitanjali, an English collection of devotional poems. Professor emeritus Anisuzzaman attended the programme as the chief guest and presented a speech describing
ULAB students stage cultural show on Club Day
The students of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh presented music, dance and recitation at a cultural programme organised to celebrate the Club Day on the premises in Dhanmondi on Thursday. ULAB vice chancellor professor Imran Rahman was present at the programme as the chief guest, while ULAB co-curricular coordinator Tahmina Zaman delivered the welcome speech,
Champabati: a spectacular rural narrative
It was a brilliant show of a rural narrative based on pallaikabi Jasimuddin’s classic Beder Meye. Though the experimental dance drama unfolds the tragic life of rural women through traditional dance forms, Shadhona’s Champabati could satisfy the contemporary audience. Champabati was premiered on
Urban youth festival continues at Goethe institute Dhaka
A month-long youth festival featuring film screening, exhibition, discussion sessions and music are going on at the Goethe-Institut in Dhanmondi. The institute has organsied the festival to celebrate the spirit of the urban youths of Bangladesh with focal points including student politics, secularism and social Media, and arts. German deputy ambassador
Razzak bags award for direction
Fazlul Haque Memorial Award Razzak bags award for direction Nayak Raj Razzak won this year’s Fazlul Haque Memorial Award as a film director. Editor of fortnightly magazine Ananda Alo Rezanur Rahman won award in the cine-criticism category. Fazlul Haque’s widow novelist Rabeya Khatun and educationist professor Abdullah Abu Sayeed handed over the
Saurav Kumar presents classical music at IGCC
Indian classical musician Saurav Kumar Nahar presented a solo music recital on Friday at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan. A music teacher of the centre Saurav Kumar presented a number of songs set on different ragas. He began with the song Tero chab nyara based on raga shree. He also presented two other ... Read more
Documentary features technical development in cinema
Film lovers watched technological development of cinema as depicted in Side by Side directed by American maker Christopher Kenneally. A good number of students, most whom are film society movement activists, watched the film at a special screening session organised by Bangladesh Documentary Council at the Dhaka Art Centre on Friday evening. The film also ... Read more
Eid films attract more viewers to cinemas
Despite the present political unrest in the country, four Eid films have attracted many viewers to the cinemas and have earned good turnovers so far, sources say. A total of four films were released this Eid. The films are Shafiuddin Shafi’s Purna Dourgho Prem Kahini; Malek Afsary’s Full and Final; Nazrul Islam Khan’s Premik Number ... Read more
Dalia Nausheen launches solo album
Noted Nazrul singer Dalia Nausheen was greeted by her fellow singers and family members at a programme at the Radious Center, Gushan 1, in the capital on Thursday. The album titled Dol Purnima Raate, which is the first solo album of Nausheen in her long and eventful singing career, features ten timeless songs of the National ... Read more
Bandish-Gharana introduced
Lecture On Classical Music Bandish-Gharana introduced The ongoing workshop on classical music organised by the Bengal Foundation introduced different genres of classical music attended by a number of music enthusiasts. The lecture on Thursday given by Rezwan Ali Lovlu introduced Bandish-gharana a classical music genre – genre with a fixed and melodic composition – to ... Read more